Newsletter # 18
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Dear Parents,
Just four weeks left of this academic year! Please note some important dates coming up.
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday 1st June – Y1 trip to the Space Museum
Tuesday 2nd June – Y2 Pizza Lunch
Tuesday 2nd June – Mother/Daughter, Father/Son Evening, 6.30pm
Wednesday 3rd June – Y5 swimming
Thursday 4th June – Y4 swimming
Friday 5th June – 1G visiting Sha Tin Junior School Arts Day
Saturday 6th June – Aquathon
Tuesday 9th June – Y3 Bake Sale
Wednesday 10th June – Y5 Swimming
Thursday 11th June – Y4 Swimming
Friday 12th June – ESF Environmental Conference
Monday 15th June – New Year 1 Induction Morning
The confirmed calendar for the new academic year 2015-16 is available on our website – http://beaconhill.edu.hk/
You can keep up-to-date with events and our calendar via our BHS App available for Android and Apple devices – see the link on our website – http://beaconhill.edu.hk/
Please remember to click here to go to my Blog to find out about just some of the activities and events that have been happening at BHS over the last couple of weeks.
http://beaconhillschool.
Best wishes,
James Harrison
PSPE curriculum
Dear Parents,
Ms Chung
Vice Principal
M.A.D. Club
During Chinese New Year, Beacon Hill School had raised $3,865.50 for the “Spare-a-Lai-See” Fundraising Project 2015, including $3,104 raised for the “Sponsor a Student” Campaign. Thanks to your support, more students in Hong Kong can be enrolled in the Life Education Activity Programme (LEAP) where they will have an opportunity to learn to make safe and healthy choices. Thank you very much again for helping M.A.D club make-a-difference.
The Y1 Bake Sale raised $3304! Thank you to all Y1 families that prepared lovely homemade goodies, Parent Volunteers and the students and teachers that supported this nice snack time event.
Science…..BASF Kids’ Lab 150th Anniversary Summer Program
Attention all budding BHS scientists…
BASF, the world’s leading chemical company headquartered in Germany, is celebrating its 150th anniversary and as a result is bringing BASF kids’ Lab to Hong Kong! It is a FREE interactive chemistry education program for children aged 6-12 to discover the world of chemistry through simple and safe experiments.
The program will be held for 7 days at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (“HKUST”).
To mark the special anniversary occasion and to offer children a chance to get a glimpse of the campus of a leading university, new experiments and a mini ‘Campus Hunt’ session will be introduced.
Program details
Date: July 24th, 25th, 28th-31st, August 1st 2015
Duration: Approximately 2 hours per session
Venue: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Age: Children 6-12 years of age
Registration period: June 8th – 30th 2015 (You will not be able to register before this)
How to register: Apply online at http://kidslab.basf.com/hk
For a copy of the program leaflet with more information please click here
HEALTH
School Dental Care Service (SDCS)
The appointment slips have arrived (only for parents or guardians who have consented for their child to join this service).
Have passed them to your child’s class teacher (for you) and if you have not received it (from your child), please could you let me know a.s.a.p.
Reminder:
- If you cannot keep this appointment, please could you let them know (i.e. there is a 24 hour automated enquiry and appointment re-scheduling hotline) at the back of the appointment slip.
- If you can attend, please be “punctual”, because if you are late for 30 minutes or more, your appointment may be cancelled.
- Your appointment will be cancelled if typhoon signal No.8 (or above) or black rainstorm signal is hoisted. Then, please could you call the clinic on or after the next working day to arrange a new appointment.
*Please bring the appointment slip, your child’s toothbrush and the school dental care service handbook (if you have one), when you attend.*
Student Health Service (SHS)
The appointment letters have arrived also (for parents or guardians who have consented for their child to join this service).
Also, we have passed them to your child’s class teacher and if you have not received it, please could you let me know a.s.a.p.
Reminder:
- If you are able to attend, please be punctual. Because for late comers, another appointment may be arranged.
- If you are not able to attend, please could you inform the centre to make other arrangements.
- Again, no service of the centre if typhoon signal No.8 (or above) or black rainstorm signal is hoisted. Then, please could you call the centre to book another appointment.
*Please bring the appointment letter, your child’s glasses (if applicable), past medical records, child health record (applicable to student who has previously joined the SHS or Family Health Service) and my habit record (applicable to student who has previously joined the SHS).
Hand Hygiene
Last but not least, enclosed the Hand Hygiene educational leaflet from the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) as mentioned in BHS Newsletter #17.
Thank you.
Ms Chen
